Scholars call for passage of the DREAM Act

12-14-2010

Blog by Mary Ann Zehr/Education Week

Prospects for the U.S. Senate to approve the DREAM Act don't look strong, but advocates of the proposed legislation that would provide a path to legalization for some undocumented youths are doing what they can this week to convince senators to pass it. The word on Capitol Hill is that once the Congress resolves the tax-cut issue, a few senators who supported the DREAM Act in the past but haven't recently may decide to support it. I heard this morning that the Congress is still likely to be discussing tax cuts tomorrow and thus a vote for the DREAM Act won't come up until after that. As part of this push, four prominent scholars of students from immigrant families held a conference call with press yesterday to voice support for the DREAM Act. The call was hosted by the Immigration Policy Center of the Washington-based American Immigration Council. (more…)

Also: Huffington Post, Washington Post

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